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Dr. Eleni Petraki is an Associate Professor in TESOL and Applied Linguistics, and Associate Dean (Research) for Higher Degrees by Research at the University of Canberra's Faculty of Education. She holds a PhD in Education from the University of Queensland, complemented by an MSc in Applied Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh and a BA/Bed in English Language and Literature from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her research focuses on discourse analysis, intercultural communication, and the application of educational theories to machine education and AI pedagogy. She has secured significant grants, including a $580K ARC Discovery Project (2020-2024) exploring machine education for autonomous systems.
- Education
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- PhD Education, University of Queensland, Australia
- MSc Applied Linguistics (English Language Teaching), University of Edinburgh, UK
- BA/Bed English Language and Literature, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Her research interests bridge linguistics and AI, addressing topics like human-machine interaction, curriculum design for autonomous systems, and discourse analysis in healthcare and education. She has published widely in journals such as Cognitive Computation, Australian Journal of Linguistics, and ACM Transactions, with recent work focusing on swarm intelligence, generative AI in education, and autonomous learning systems.
Dr. Petraki has been recognized for excellence in research supervision, including the 2015 Vice Chancellor's Excellence Award and nominations for Best Research Supervision. She actively guides HDR students exploring topics like humor in language teaching, gender dynamics in managerial communication, and Sri Lankan grammar pedagogy.
Her grants and projects include collaborations on computational models of trust, red-teaming simulations, and translator stylometry. She contributes to professional bodies like the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia and the Australian Linguistic Society.
